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TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



be learned from still existing remains) with his descrip- 

 tions in every particular. 



The following are the most interesting of which traces 

 still remain : — 



Keeil Woirrey, in Corna Yalley, Maughold, measures 

 (inside) 12 feet by 9 feet, the walls over 3 feet thick and 

 •1 feet high, but 2 feet high outside. The floor shows 

 signs of pavement. The doorway is at the S.W. corner. 

 The surrounding burial ground measures about 93 feet by 



Fig. 24. 



GO feet. Among the stones of the ruined wall was one 

 bearing a very simple form of cross, which judging from 

 its appearance may be earlier than the seventh century (see 

 %. 24, left side). Near this keeil, an interesting- 

 discovery was made some years ago by the Rev. S. N. 

 Harrison, who came across a rough unhewn slate slab, 

 used at a well beside the little stream below, which bears 

 an inscription (see fig. 41) in the ordinary Manks runes — 



